Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-28
AN ORDINANCE

the J-OVnIV UnIO, y
dsy of December, 1887, the following action was
had and the following Ordinance adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for vote upon the question of sub
scriring $500 600 TO the Car ital stock OF the
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway Company
CfWest Virginia.
WHEREAS, The Wheeling and Harrisburg Rsll-
way COMPANY of West Virginia has requested
vote TO be ordered and money 10 he appropriated
i'll aid ofthe cunSt uctiOn OF lis lallrpan III ohio
county including bridge across the Ohio r1Ver,
at or GEAR the head OF Wheeling Island, ana
tracks thereon and the approaches thereto, ana
the terminal tracks and facilities Thereon, IN the
said county, including tunnel thDush Nheel-
ing Hill aud within the limits OF the city oi
Wheeling north of Tenth Street: and
WHEREAS The Board of Comm ssioners oil the
county OF ohio deem il desirable for the county
To appropriate mOneS 10 aid in the construction
of such railroad bidge across the Ohio river IN
said county and OF q railroad crossing saiu
bridge, and the terminal ana CONNECTING Tracks
and facilities Of said railroad, IN SAID county,
such appropriation 20 he made by subsCrlpuoh 10
the capital stock OF SAID company 'neIeioie' "
ordered. By the said Board OF Commissioners
of the county of Ohio, that vote be TAKEN
upon the question OF appropriation by snCh suD'
scriptOn by said county, Cf the sum al sSeV ",
to the work atOve specified. such vote snail ne
taken al the several PLACES Of voting III sac
county at a special election which snail De helu
On Saturday. the Fourth Day of Feb
ruary, Isss.
If such vote shall be in f,vOr Of such apuropria-
ton, any subscription thereof by this Board, or
its agent shall be upon the terms and condluohS
following: The said sum of Three hunOrel
Tao sand Dollars shsll be subscribed 10 the Capi
tai stock of the wheeling and Harrisburg Rail
way Company Of West Virginia, ana such sno-
s"riptiun thall be payable as iollo"S: FlIty
thousand dollars when at least one hundred
thousand dollars shall have been eXPencei by
the railway company in the construction OF Inc
hr!dg, af fesaih, aud ffly thousand dollars sha!i
have be, n expended by the railway conPah! III
th, purchase and construction OF terminals AZ
aforesaid in the county of Ohio The second
ffly thousand dollars shall be paid when two
hundred thousand dollars shall have been eN-
pended by the railway company in the conStruc-
lion ofthe said bridge, and one hundred thous-
and dollars shall have been expended by thl-
way company i'll the pnl chase aud construction
OF the terminals aforesaid in the county Of ono;
The third nifty thousand dollars shall BE- paiu
when three hundred thousand dollars shall have
been expended by the railway company In the
construction of the said bridge and one hundred
ard fifty thousand dollars shall have beer! ex'
pended by said railway company i'll the purchase
and construction Of the terminals aforesaid. Inc
fourth fifty thousand dollars shall he paid when
four hundred thousand dollars shall have be, II
expended by he railway company Ill the con,
structiOn Of the said bridge, and two hundred
thousand dollars shall have been expended Oy
said railway company in the purchase aud con-
structiUn Of the terminals aforesaid. Inc re-
manning one hundred thousand dollars shall be
paid when said bridge and tunnel shall have
been comp Cted, and when new RAILROAD ron
the bridge to BOwerSton, in the State OF Ohio,
shall have been constructed ready TOR the pass
age of trains, or shall, in the Judgment OF the
Board of Commissioners, be so lar advanced III
construction Us To practically assure It's compile
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and dollars shall have been eNptnCeu N Inc
purchase and construction OF such terminals.
PrgHied That If the construction of the sa q
bridge and railroad from the said bridge to Bow
erston Ohio shall not be in good faith commenced
within eight months from the date OF inc
making OF such subscription, II II lie author
lied, or being commenced, shall not be com
p eted, and have cars running over me sald raiI-
road and bridge into the county OF ONO and the
CT OF Wheeling within four year, from the date Oi
Masking such subscription, and such further time
as may be rendered nece sary by litigation when
cOuld not reasonably be avoided, then the said
Roard shall be At liberty To Withdraw rs To any
part of the subscription OF three hundred thous'
and dollars which may not have become paya.
Bile under the terms of this Ordinance, and II
said subscription be authorized, the said railway
company shall accept or decline the said sub.
scriptiOn within thirty days after the same may
be offered by the Board or its agent. But the
Board of Commissioners may, FOR good cause
shown extend the time for the commencement
or completion of the work. The agreement Ot
substitution shall ttipulatc on behalf OF the
Wheeling and Harrisburg Hallway Compa-
ny of West Virginia, and It, sucGet snIS, that
any and every railroad heretofore or hereafter
constructed shall have the right To connect its
tracks with the tracks of said railway company
extending over said bridge and The approaches
thereto, and To- transport It's trains over SAID
bridge and approaches, upon paying cOmpensa-
ton therefor, under such reasonable regulations
aud on such reasonable terms rs salh railway
company snail prescribe; and that sAid railway
com pany, or its successors, shall transport all
cars or freight ard pas ciIgcrs, over SAID bridge
and over s4id terminal tracks III the city Of
Wheeling all BcnwOOd, at SAID terminal system
il extended TO the latter point and The charge
for Transporting any freight car upon or over said
terminal system shall not exceed two dollars per
chr aud siid railway company shall permit the
al said use of its tracks and perform the atorc
said services for any ana every railroad now
hereafter built into the said city Of = hcelng, or
BcnWOud, or Martin 5 Ferry, without dlsCTlmlna
ton either as to charges for like privileges or ser
vice or us Ia the manner OF performing such lcr-
vice.
IrDr6i,d, Said railway company, or its success
IorS Shall not be required TO transfer any freight
car upon or over is terminal system for any rail
road company which shall not perform like
service upon or over It's track in the city OF
Wheeling or BcnwnOd, or Martins Ferry, for said
railway company @rlts sucG' ss"r' al iik9 chatsc
said subscription shall, II the said Board OF Com
miSsiOners elect, at the time of making the sub
SC!iptiOn, be made preferred STOCK, 10 the ci-
feet that ten per cent Of the net earning, OF sHid
railway company, after paying operating cx-
penSes mainlcuAnCes, taxes, interest and ncCes-
Sary Improvements, shall hc applied To the re-
demptiOu and retirement Of said stock at par
The said election shall be held 10y the following
named Commissioners, who are hereby appointed
for that purpose, that is to SAY:
Washington District lat the Hose Eousc-M
Edwards Lewis Weitzcl John q. Kline. Al
Fulton-1hos. Niger L. hamm, I Hanna
M ~ - p at i.k
Kennedy, Cecil A Robinson, John y. Tappan.
At the Island Hose House,. ". Baggs, J. A.
Fars j. ElwoOd Hughes.
Clay District lat the Old Court House-W. +.
Peterson, John II. Hail. II. }. Felbcr.
Union District Court HOuSc)-Chas. l0cter,
john II Downs, James r. ACkcrl
Centre district lIOse iHOuse)-l. Delbrugge,
Fred. Laue, James Reed, Sr
Webster District Hose Housed John Clark,
John WCisgerber, Bernard Klieves.
Ritchle District Hose HOuse)--Jacob Hopstat-
ter, Henry Schulz, August NOlte. Adam y
school House.. ). Garvin. b. Marpole, +. Me.
TriadeIphia District U.eatherwood. School
Housc(--ti W. Woods, PlatoT Zane, J. Games.
Elm Grove Town Hall)-Jls. Woods John Hal
stead, W. Chambers. Trisdelphia, Lawson s.
J. y. Thoruburg. John Helfenbine, Robert Arm
strong. Wesley Robinson S--Jamcs Oldham, John
Robinson Alex McCOnn.
Liberty District West Liberty)--Samnel Bell
Vincent NauMctTc, ". Il. Curtis Potomac
Isaac Sneicker, John q. tails, James MCChn-
mon. Valley GrOve-W +. Whitman, James Y.
Chambers, 7. I. Maxwell
RiChland District tilenn's Run school House,
t J. Garden, Charles Busbey, Ebenezer Magee.
Brick School HOuse-Eugenc Ridgely, William
Mitchell, VIM. North, sr.
And the following persons are appointed to
canvass the vote at the places Of voting herein
after mentioned:
Washington District Hose House)-W Ken
ney John Koch, David Morgan.
Madison district tMarkes House e l., Stone
R. B. Burt James p Maxwell. Island Hose
House,. o. Smith, James Waiter, william
NJ. Marsh.
Clay District tOld Court HOuse)-Thomas NJ.
Reilly NJ. j. O'kane, Thomas Jones.
Union District Court House, Peter Farrell J.
NJ. Ewing, NJ. BOtsfJrd.
Centre District Hose House, William c. Sea
bright, John Reed, Jr., James Filan.